AnAge entry for Hystrix sumatrae
Classification (HAGRID: 03012)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Hystricidae
Genus: Hystrix
- Species
- Hystrix sumatrae
- Common name
- Sumatran porcupine
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
Little is known about the longevity of these animals. One captive specimen was still living after 13.3 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- Male sexual maturity
- Gestation
- 112 days
- Weaning
- Litter size
- (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- Inter-litter interval
- Weight at birth
- Weight at weaning
- Adult weight
- 4,200 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1308] Myhrvold et al. (2015), An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles
- [0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
External Resources
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- ITIS 584687
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